Background Information. Instructions. Problem Statement. HOMEWORK INSTRUCTIONS Homework #2 Healthcare Expenditures Problem

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1 Background Information Today, there are two major problems in healthcare plaguing the nations around the world. The first, found primarily in developed countries such as the United States and Europe, is that the cost of healthcare is rapidly increasing and taking up increasingly large portions of the national economic output. Developing nations, such as many of those in Africa, face a different yet related problem in that the quality of their healthcare is suffering because they can afford only very small expenditures on healthcare. These issues of healthcare costs will undoubtedly have a large impact on the world in future years. By better understanding the fundamental issues at hand, it may be possible to develop reasonable solutions to the issues facing both developed and developing nations. Problem Statement In this assignment, students will analyze the cost of healthcare relative to GDP (Gross Domestic Product, the size of its economy) for regions all over the world to understand the relationship between healthcare and the economy. Instructions IMPORTANT: Complete the steps below in the order they are given. Completing the steps out of order may complicate the assignment or result in an incorrect result. 1. Download and extract the provided Data Files ZIP file. It contains the following files for use in this assignment: a. expenditures.csv Per capita expenditures on healthcare in world regions between 1999 and 2014 [1]. Column Name Type Description Region Text Name of region Currency Spending on healthcare per-capita in Currency Spending on healthcare per-capita in Currency Spending on healthcare per-capita in Currency Spending on healthcare per-capita in Currency Spending on healthcare per-capita in Currency Spending on healthcare per-capita in Page 1 of 7 Version 14.3

2 b. gdp.csv Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in world regions between 1999 and For comparison, the United States per-capita GDP in 2014 was $54,398 [2]. Column Name Type Description Region Text Name of region Currency Per-capita gross domestic product in Currency Per-capita gross domestic product in Currency Per-capita gross domestic product in Currency Per-capita gross domestic product in Currency Per-capita gross domestic product in Currency Per-capita gross domestic product in Begin by creating a new Microsoft Excel workbook named lastname_firstname_hw2_hep.xlsx. 3. We must adjust the sheets in our workbook. a. Rename Sheet1 to Health Expenditures. b. Add a new sheet named GDP per Capita. c. Add a new sheet named Healthcare Percentage. d. Add a new sheet named Analysis Questions. 4. Import the following items into the workbook: a. expenditures.csv file Import starting in cell A3 of the Health Expenditures sheet. The file is comma-delimited and has headers. b. gdp.csv file Import starting in cell A3 of the GDP per Capita sheet. The file is comma-delimited and has headers. 5. We wish to apply formatting to the Health Expenditures sheet. a. Create a table based on cells A3 through G10 using a style of your choice. The table has headers. The table will overlap external data ranges. Convert the selection to a table and remove all external connections. b. We need to add additional table columns to store statistics and a sparkline. i. Insert four new table columns to the right of existing column G. Page 2 of 7 Version 14.3

3 c. Enter text in the cells as indicated below: i. A1: Healthcare Expenditures per Capita ii. iii. iv. H3: Minimum Value I3: Maximum Value J3: 3x Increasing v. K3: Sparkline d. Merge-and-center cells A1 through K1. e. Apply the Title cell style to cell A1. f. Format the cells as indicated below: i. B4 through I10: currency with no decimal places g. AutoFit the width of columns A through K. h. Apply Green-Yellow-Red color scale conditional formatting to cells B4 through G We also wish to apply formatting to the GDP per Capita sheet. a. Create a table based on cells A3 through G10 using a style of your choice. The table has headers. The table will overlap external data ranges. Convert the selection to a table and remove all external connections. b. Enter text in the cells as indicated below: i. A1: GDP per Capita c. Merge-and-center cells A1 through G1. d. Apply the Title cell style to cell A1. e. Format the cells as indicated below: i. B4 through G10: currency with no decimal places f. AutoFit the width of columns A through G. 7. We must also apply formatting to the Healthcare Percentage sheet. a. Enter text in the cells as indicated below: i. A1: Healthcare Percentage ii. A3: Region iii. B3: 1999 iv. C3: 2002 Page 3 of 7 Version 14.3

4 v. D3: 2005 vi. E3: 2008 vii. F3: 2011 viii. G3: 2014 ix. A4: East Asia & Pacific x. A5: Europe & Central Asia xi. A6: Latin America & Caribbean xii. A7: Middle East & North Africa xiii. A8: North America xiv. A9: South Asia xv. A10: Sub-Saharan Africa b. Merge (but not center) cells A1 through G1. c. Apply the Title cell style to cell A1. d. Format cells A3 through G10 as a table using a style of your choice. The table has headers. 8. On the Healthcare Percentage sheet, we wish to calculate the percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. a. In column B, write a formula to calculate, for each region, the annual percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. Reference the values on the Health Expenditures and GDP per Capita sheets in your formula. You can calculate the healthcare percentage using the formula: [Healthcare Expenditures per Capita for Year and Region] [GDP per Capita for Year and Region] b. In columns C through G, duplicate your healthcare percentage formula from column B. 9. We must apply additional formatting to the Healthcare Percentage sheet. a. Format the cells as indicated below: i. B4 through G10: percentage with 1 decimal place b. AutoFit the column width for columns A through G. 10. On the Health Expenditures sheet, we wish to calculate healthcare expenditures statistics. a. In column H, write a formula to calculate the minimum healthcare expenditures spent in each region. Page 4 of 7 Version 14.3

5 b. In column I, write a formula to calculate the maximum healthcare expenditures spent in each region. c. In column J, write a formula to determine if the region s 2014 spending was at least 3 times its 1999 spending. If it was, display Yes; otherwise, display No. 11. We wish to add a sparkline to the Health Expenditures sheet to compare data. In column K, insert a line-type sparkline based on the values in columns B through G. 12. We wish to create a chart to plot the healthcare percentage for each year and region. a. Create a 2-D line chart based on cells A3 through G10 of the Healthcare Percentage sheet. Move the chart to a new sheet named Healthcare Percentage Chart. Ensure the years are shown as labels for the horizontal (category) axis, not plotted as chart data. Specify appropriate chart and axis titles. b. Add a trendline based on the healthcare percentage for Europe & Central Asia. Use the trendline type that best fits the data and project the values forward 5 periods (through the year 2029). Display the R-squared value on the chart. NOTE: You cannot use the Moving Average type for your trendline. 13. We need to set up the Analysis Questions sheet so that it can store responses to the analysis questions. a. Enter text in the cells as indicated below: i. A1: Question Number ii. B1: Response b. Bold the contents of row 1. c. AutoFit the width of column A. Set the width of column B to 100 (8.39 ). d. Set the height for rows 2 through 5 to 110 (1.53 ). e. Change the vertical alignment setting for columns A and B so that text is displayed at the top of each row. f. Turn on text wrapping for column B. 14. Starting in row 2 of the Analysis Questions sheet, answer four of the five analysis questions below. Respond to one question per row. a. Which trendline type did you use on Healthcare Percentage Chart? Why did you choose this type of trendline? Page 5 of 7 Version 14.3

6 b. Do you believe that your healthcare spending projection for 2029 is accurate? Why or why not? c. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country obviously affects how much money it is able to spend on healthcare. How might the amount of money spent on healthcare affect a country s GDP? d. In 2014, the healthcare expenditures per capita in North America were about 100 times as much as in Sub-Saharan Africa. Does this mean that North Americans received 100 times the level of healthcare quality as those in Sub-Saharan Africa? Why or why not? e. In 2014, $9,403 was spent per capita in the United States on healthcare yet the average life expectancy of the United States was below most western European countries [1], [3]. What sort of factors could be at work here? Grading Rubric This assignment is worth 50 points. It will be graded by your instructor using this rubric, with partial credit awarded as appropriate: Steps 3a-d 1.5 points total Steps 9a-b 1.5 points total Step 4 3 points Steps 10a-c 4.5 points total Steps 5a-g 3.5 points total Step 11 3 points Step 5h 2.5 points Step 12a 4 points Steps 6a-f 3 points total Step 12b 3 points Steps 7a-d 3 points total Steps 13a-f 3 points total Steps 8a-b 4.5 points total Steps 14a-e (pick 4 of 5) 2.5 points each The analysis questions in Steps 14a-e will be evaluated using this rubric: Standard Meets Requirements (1.25 points) Does Not Meet Requirements (0 points) Answer is reasonable. Answer addresses the question prompt and is factually correct or a reasonable interpretation of available data. Answer does not address the question prompt, is factually incorrect, or is an unreasonable interpretation of available data. Answer is supported. Acknowledgments Logical rationale is provided to support the given answer. Logical rationale is not provided to support the given answer. The image in the introduction appears courtesy of the National Cancer Institute [4]. References [1] Health expenditure per capita (current US$), World Bank. Available: Accessed: Dec. 14, Page 6 of 7 Version 14.3

7 [2] GDP per capita (current US$), World Bank. Available: Accessed: Dec. 14, [3] List of countries by life expectancy, Wikipedia, Dec. 11, Available: y&oldid= [3] National Cancer Institute, Patient Room with Hospital Bed Available: Page 7 of 7 Version 14.3